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Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786–1864)
Twenty-four prints from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style
Twenty-four woodblock prints from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style (Imayo oshi-e kagami)
Each signed Toyokuni ga, each published by Fujiokaya Keijiro (Shorindo), 1860

The group comprises:
1. The actor Onoe Waichi II as Shimobe Tomohira
2. Orin of the Nonohana House
3. The actor Sawamura Tossho II in the role of Enya Hangan Takasada
4. The actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro I as Obo Kichiza
5. The actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Gotobei
6. The actor Seki Sanjuro III as Chojiya Chobei
7. The actor Bando Kamezo as Koike Daketaro
8. The actor Ichikawa Ichizo III as Shirai Gonpachi
9. The actor Ichikawa Kodanji as Osho Kichiza
10. The actor Nakamura Kajiuku I as Sawai Matagoro
11. The actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Seimonya Keijuro
12. The actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro I as Nuregami no Chogoro
13. The actor Seki Kasuke IV as Tanizawa Kazumanosuke
14. The actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro I as Izuya Yosaburo
15. The actor Onoe Kikugoro IV as Nanaaya Tayu
16. The actor Sawamura Tanosuke III as Kaidomaru
17. The actor Onoe Kikujiro II as Onna Ryoshi Okiku
18. The actor Nakamura Kantaro as Kimiya Anroku
19. The actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Kiyari no Kenzo
20. The actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Danshichi Kurobei
21. The actor Onoe Kikugoro IV as Takane no Oren
22. The actor Iwai Kumesaburo III as the geisha Chokichi
23. The actor Sawamura Tanosuke III as Miuraya Komurasaki
24. The actor Sawamura Tanosuke III as Shinzo Nakoso
All vertical oban (each approx. 35.3 x 23.8cm.)
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For another impression of the first, fourth and eighth in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, go to www.mfa.org/collections accession numbers 11.40966, 11.40960 and 49.1765

For another impression of the second in The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University, Japan, go to http://enpaku.waseda.ac.jp/db/enpakunishik/results-big.php?shiryo_no=006-3922

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